Cantor Family Guide 3

Family Guide

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Stone
River and nature
Artist Andy Goldsworthy creates works of art from natural
materials such as leaves, grass, branches, snow, ice and stone.
My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds – what is important
to me is the experience of making. I leave all my work outside and
often return to watch it decay. – Andy Goldsworthy
Have you ever stacked stones while you were out hiking?
Or floated a boat made from fallen leaves?
Or made a necklace out of dandelions?
Have some fun and connect with nature like Andy. When you
get home, go outside and make your own nature artwork! Take a
photo of what you create to save and share it. Now you are
thinking like an artist!
Matching!
Can you find another tiny
Thinker outside in the Rodin
Sculpture Garden?
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Strike a pose!
The Thinker is our most famous
sculpture. However, there is more than
one. There are 25 authorized large
bronze casts made from Rodin's original
clay sculpture that can be found in
museums all around the world!
Can you pose like The Thinker? Ask a
friend to take a photo of you posing!

Find
your way! (Most of these large sculptures are outdoors.)
First Floor
SEQUENCE
BY RICHARD SERRA
TOOTSIE’S
CAFE
CONTEMPORARY ART
AUDITORIUM
STAIRS
ELEVATOR
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RODIN
COURTYARD
STANFORD
FAMILY
GALLERY
ELEVATOR
ASIAN
ART
STAIRS
RODIN SCULPTURE
GARDEN
RODIN
LOCKERS
OCEANIC ART
RODIN
AFRICAN ART
LIFT
MAIN LOBBY
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ASIAN ART
ASIAN ART
YO
Did you KNOW?
Stone River was built using
6,500 stones and no mortar.
The stones were shaped and
stacked by hand to fit tightly
in place.
A C R O S S
T H E S T R E E T
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D O W N T H E SIDEWALK ►
STONE RIVER
BY ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

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Featured
Andy Goldsworthy | Stone River
(English, b. in 1956). 2001. Sandstone. Given in honor of
Gerhard Casper, President, Stanford University, Robert and
Ruth Halperin Foundation, 2001.46
Constructed from university buildings that were destroyed
in the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes, it is the largest work
of outdoor art at the university.
CAMPUS OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
artworks
Beverly Pepper | The Stanford Columns
(American, 1922-2020). 2022. Weatherproof Steel. Gift from the
Fisher Family in honor of Doris Fisher, ’53, and her lifelong friendship
with the artist
Pepper chose materials that would speak to future generations.
In an interview, she said:
Obviously we can’t rebuild the monuments of the ancient world, but
we can aspire to re-evoke, in however modern a world, some of the
enduring and perhaps renewable sensations of amazement, even awe.
CAMPUS OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
Richard Serra | Sequence
(U.S.A.; b. 1938). 2006. Weatherproof steel. Doris and
Donald Fisher Family Art Foundation, L.2.1.2019
Richard Serra’s massive steel sculpture Sequence (2006)
is one of the artist’s most monumental achievements.
This sculpture is made of twelve steel plates and
weighs 235 tons.
CAMPUS OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
August Rodin | The Thinker
(French, 1840-1917). 1902-1904. Bronze. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor
Foundation, promised gift to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for
Visual Arts at Stanford University, 1988.106
Rodin used lumps of moist clay to model figures for his
sculptures. These smaller figures were enlarged and cast in
Bronze by a team of expert craftspersons.
SUSAN & JOHN DIEKMAN GALLERY

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A
peaceful moment
Labyrinth walking is a very old practice used as a form of contemplation
and spiritual enlightenment. Entering a maze calls on you to calm your
thoughts and focus on your path forward. It is in this way that you may
feel renewed at the end of your journey.
Try navigating the maze below, inspired by Richard Serra’s Sequence!
FINISH!
START!

Museum Manners
Please look at the art with your eyes but do not touch. Staying at
least an arm’s length away is a good way to remember.
If you get lost or have any questions about the art museum there
are friendly guards stationed throughout the galleries. Say hello,
and don’t be afraid to ask them for help if you need it.
Children must stay close to their parents or an adult supervisor
at all times.
Remember to walk, not run, in the museum. Always be aware of
your surroundings (art may be behind you).
The Rodin Sculpture Garden is part of the museum so we use
our museum manners there even though we are outside. We can
protect the art by not climbing on the sculpture pedestals and
not playing with the gravel.
museum.stanford.edu | @cantorarts
328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford, CA 94305-5060
Support for Family Guides is provided by
the Koret Foundation.
THIS GUIDE WAS MADE USING RECYCLED PAPER PLEASE HELP SAVE OUR PLANET BY
RECYCLING IT. OR... TAKE IT HOME AND USE IT TO MAKE YOUR OWN ARTWORK!
THANK YOU